# Muros: Within Magical Walls: The Case of the Cemetery Girl - Paperback

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by **Paolo Chikiamco** (Author), **Borg Sinaban** (Illustrator)

_**An intrepid detective tracks a girl lost amidst Manila's many temptations. Can he crack the case and find the girl before the city erupts into violence?**_

_Muros_ is an urban fantasy set in an alternate Manila which has been sealed off from the rest of the world for decades. In this fast-paced graphic novel the walled city of Manila, recently freed from a dictator's iron-fisted rule, is a magical metropolis where monsters flit and feed along neon-lit streets. The city, now governed by mysterious Societies, faces rising tensions between the human and nonhuman inhabitants that are nearing a breaking point.

In a world where magic and modernity make for uneasy bedfellows, there are some secrets you simply can't prepare for. Especially secrets that involve a cast of nonhuman characters, such as one-eyed Yomaws (hybrid human-canines), Asu-Gamis (half Aswang, half Inugami) and slinky Silat immortals.

Readers looking for a different take on magic, or those interested in seeing an alternative history set in the Philippines, will find plenty to sink their teeth into here. Fans of Tan & Baldisimo's _Trese_ or Jim Butcher's _Dresden Files_ will also find a heady mix of the familiar and the strange.

### Author Biography

**Paolo Chikiamco** is a Filipino writer of prose, comics, and interactive fiction. He is the editor of _Alternative Alamat: Myths and Legends from the Philippines_ and his work has been published in anthologies such as The Sea Is Ours and The Best of Philippine Speculative Fiction. In the field of comics, he's the co-creator of _Mythspace: Ignition_ (Ablaze Publishing), and _A Sparrow's Roar_ (BOOM! Studios). He has also served as a judge for the Graphic Literature category of the National Book Awards, and is the creator of the #RP612fic Twitter hashtag.

**Borg Sinaban** is a freelance comic artist and illustrator based in Manila. He's a sci-fantasy enjoyer and a lover of both soft and hard magic systems. He currently does character designs and book covers when not making graphic novels of his own.

**Number of Pages:** 112

**Dimensions:** 0.4 x 9.9 x 6.9 IN

**Publication Date:** June 03, 2025

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